Dress shield supporter



Dec.10, 1940. 2' E R. CLARK 2,224,253

DRESS SHIELD SUPPORTER Filed March 20, 1939 Patented Dec. 10, 1940UNITED STATE DRESS SHIELD sUPPoa'rEa Elsa R. Clark, Springfield, Ohio,assignor of onehalf to Frank H. Clark, Toledo, Ohio 7 Application March20, 1939, Serial No. 262,997

6 Claims. (Cl. 256) V This invention relates to a dress shield sup-'porter for preventing the soiling of garments by perspiration. V

An object of the invention is to provide a sup- 5- port for a shieldwhich'is independent of the shield, but does not require, in one of itsforms, the support of the dress shield to hold the shield support in itsproper position. In this latter 7 form the dress shield may be removedfrom its 10 support which remains in place on the wearer and a freshshield substituted therefor without removing the shieldsupport from thearticle or articles of clothing to which it has been attached. Anotherobject of the invention is to provide a dress shield supporter which maybe quickly afaached to and removed from-an article of cloth ing such asa brassiere, corset, slip, orother article of clothing, and which isfirmly andquickly at tachedto such. article without inconvenience to thewearer, either during the time the article is being worn, or whileattaching or detaching the supporter on such article-of clothing. Theshield supporter may be attached to or detached from a brassiere whilethe same is in placeon thewearer, and the shield may also be applied orremoved while the shield is in place, thus requiring a minimum ofinconvenience in applying a fresh, clean dress shield whenevernecessary.

Another object of the invention is the provision 80 of a dress shield,and supporter for. the same, which .may be wornunder all types ofdresses,

and held securely in place, the same being out of sight and under thedress. 7 I Other objects will appear hereinafter throughout thespecification.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a rear side view of the invention in place on the wearer;

Figure 2 is a front side view of the invention without the connectingcord;

Figure 3 is a side view of the device shown in Figure 1, showing indetail the arrangement and location of parts,

Figure 4 is a side elevation of one of the straps when detached from thegarment and dress shield, and

Figure 5 is a side elevation of one of the clips.

In the structure shown, A indicates a brassire of conventional design,provided with shoulder straps l3. The shield supporter comprises shieldstraps I, 2 and 3 which may be identical in structure to each other, butnot necessarily so. Strap 3 can be dispensed with under some conditionsof use.

Each shield strap l, 2 and 3 is provided with the end opposite the biteend witha loop- I l. of the clips may be constructed of metal or otherrigid material. Thelowerclip 9 is provided with a loop [2 that may bemounted onjon'e' of the .jaws of the clip adjacent the'bite end thereof,15

upper clips 4, 5 and 6, respectively, and lower similar clips I, 8 and9, respectively, whichfmay be of conventional design, and which furthermay be provided with springsto hold the jaws of the clips in'closedposition on the brassire straps 5 and body as shown. The innerportionsof the clips may be provided with conventional rubber pads l0 asshown in Figure 4, to prevent injury to the brassire'straps andbrassiere.

The clips 4, 5, 6,"! and 8 are each provided at 10 All 1 as shown inFigure 5, so as to allow this clip to lie snugly in place, and thusprevent a bulge which would otherwise occur when the clip is attached tothe lower edge ofia brassire. Of

course, were the clip to be applied to thexupper 20 edge of a garment,such as a'skirt waist-band, a

clip such as shown at 4 in Figure 4 would beused in the upside-downposition from-* that shown. Clips 6, I andB each may be provided, withan additional loopl3 for the cord l4, which may be 25 optionally made ofelastic or non-elastic matebe omitted, as shown in Figure '2 e Each pairof upper and" lower clips 4+1, 58, and 6-9 is connected to shield strapsL1, 3, re-

rial, but this cord l4 and additional loop l3 'rnay "spectively. Thesestraps arejmade adjustableas I I shown'in Figure '4; by means. of thebuckle I5,

and 'r- "y be made of elastic webbing or non'-elas'-,

tic fabric, such as ribbon material. Similarly, I a the cord l4 may bemade adjustable by providing the samewith a buckle I6.

I The shield supporter is therefore made ad'-,

justable to fit different sized persons, by means 01 the adjustablestraps l, 2 and 3, and the adjustable cord 15, when this latter isused.

Clips 4, 5 and 9 are adapted to beattached to one or more garments,While clips 6, I and 8 are adapted to be attached to the shield I! atsubstantially equally spaced places, as shown.

This shield is of double thickness to provide maximum absorpt on ofperspiration, but may be of only a single thickness. The portiondesignated It lies adjacent to the under-arm and has a v looped cord 19fixed thereon by sewing to maintain this under-arm portion [8 in proper,posi tion, without interfering with movement of the arms.

The various advantages of this invention will be readily apparent toboth manufacturers and 55 vclips together when changing shields.

users 0! the article described, and may be briefly described as follows:

1. Any dress shield on the market may be used;

2. This garment supporter may be attached to any brassiere orundergarment;

3. Either the shield alone or the shield and shield supporter may beeasily removed and replaced; and s 4. The shield supporter may beadjusted to suit the figure while in place, and with the shield inplace.

Either cord II or I! may bedispensed with. The principal function ofcord H is to keep the Either cord II or I! may be made of elastic ornon-elastic material.

The term brassiere in the claims is intended to include all .suchundergarments as willserve to attach the shield supporter to, and mayinclude one or moreundergarments.

The specification and drawing are intended for illustrative purposesonly, the invention beinglimited only to the extent as setforth in theappended claims. 1

1. A dress shield supporter for attachment to a brassiere, including aplurality of dress shield strapsadapted to be arranged at obtuse anglestoeachother, clip means attached to one end of each strap said clipmeans being adapted to be attachedtea partof said-brassiere, andadditional clip means attached to the opposite end of each strap,andhaving means for attachment to a dress shield, flexible means and meanson said additional clip means whereby said additional clip means may beattached to each other.

. A dress shield supporter for attachment to a brassire, including aplurality of dress shield straps adapted to be arranged at obtuse anglesto eachother, clipv means attached to one end of 3 each strap, said clipmeans being adapted to be attached to a part of said brassiere, andadditionalclip means attached to the opposite end of each-strap, andhaving jaws for attachment to a dress shield, and flexible means forspacing said strapsfrom each other, and eye means on one of thejaws ofeach additional clip means, whereby said flexible means may maintainsaidaddi tional' clip means in spaced relation to each other. 3, Thecombination of a dress shield supporter 'and a dress shield including aplurality of dress whereby said supporter may be adjusted while in placeon the wearer.

4. The combination of a dress shield supporter and a dress shieldincluding a plurality of dress shield straps, means at one.end of eachstrap for detachably attaching the same to an undergarment, means at theopposite end of each strap for detachably attaching the same to saiddress shield at spaced points, comprising opposed similarly shaped jaws,said last named means having loops integral therewith and a'flexibleadjustable means threaded through said loops whereby said supporter maybe adjusted while in place on the wearer. g

5. The combination of a dress shield supporter and a dress shieldincluding a'plurality oi dress shield straps, means at one'end-of eachstrap for detachably attaching the same to an undergarfor detachablyattaching the same to said dress shield at spaced points, comprisingopposed simn ilarly shaped'jaws, said last named means having loopsintegral therewith and a flexible adjustable means threaded through saidloops whereby said supporter maybe'adj'usted while in place on thewearer, said jaws each having resilient pads attached to the inner sidethereof.

6. In combination a dress shield and a shield supporter, said shieldsup'porter having a number of adjustable flexible straps, spaced fromeach other andadapted to be positioned at acute angles to each other,two of said straps having clamping jaws at one end of each of the samefor attachment to the shoulder strap of anundergarment and detachablefastening means at the opposite end of each strap for attachment atspaced points to said dress shield, said shield supporter furthercomprising a third strap having clamping jaws for attachment to anotherportion of an undergarment beneath the shoulder strap thereof andprovided with detachable fastening means at lts'opposite end forattachment at a r third spaced point of said dress shield.

' ELSA R. CLARK.

